Category: Bitcoin News

Japan’s top financial regulator has issued a warning to cryptocurrency exchange Binance. In a statement published by the Financial Services Agency on Friday, the agency confirmed Thursday’s news that suggested Binance was about to be warned by the financial watchdog given…

Who has the authority to change a public blockchain? It’s a question that has been in the minds of top cryptocurrency developers as the many available networks struggle to serve their diverse, often conflicting stakeholders. But that’s not to say…

Positive news in the press this week for bitcoin price in the markets which is appearing on many news sites. The price of bitcoin, the most dominant cryptocurrency in the global market, has recovered beyond the $9,000 for the first…

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) needs to establish guidelines on how Americans can report gains from hard-forked cryptocurrencies, the American Bar Association Section of Taxation said Tuesday. Section Chair Karen Hawkins wrote a letter noting that “several important developments in…

Marc Hochstein is the managing editor of CoinDesk. The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers. “Innovators who seek to revolutionize and disrupt an industry must tell investors the truth about what…

An international group of central bank regulators and government ministers said Sunday that cryptocurrencies don’t pose a risk to global financial stability, comments that come on the eve of talks on the subject by the G-20. In a letter published…

What if a key piece of cryptography underpinning bitcoin fell apart? That might sound like science fiction (or even FUD – fear, uncertainty and doubt) to many a cryptocurrency enthusiast, yet hardly a day goes by without some breakthrough in…

Peter Thiel has once again endorsed bitcoin, which he recently argued is tantamount to digital gold. And much like gold, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal conjectures that the cryptocurrency is destined to be a store of value rather than a means…

The Royal Bank of Canada may be interested in putting credit scores on a blockchain. In a patent application released Thursday, the bank outlines a platform built on a blockchain that would automatically generate credit ratings using a borrower’s historical…

The price of bitcoin fell below $8,000 during early-hours trading on Thursday, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). At press time, the price of bitcoin is trading at roughly $7,829.94, representing a decline of over $300 from the open…